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"Federal Agencies Budget $42M For Asian Carp Prevention" [1]

"Federal officials say they'll continue efforts to prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, despite uncertainty about what Donald Trump might propose."

Source: AP [2], 01/13/2017

"US Agrees To Pay Billions To Marines Affected By Toxic Water" [3]

"After years of wait, veterans who had been exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina may now be able to receive a portion of government disability benefits totaling more than $2 billion."

Source: AP [4], 01/13/2017

"National Monuments: Obama Protects 3 New Sites, Expands 2 More" [5]

"President Obama today announced three new national monuments honoring key events in the civil rights movement and expanded both the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon and the California Coastal National Monument.

The White House said the president was using his authority to mark the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday by creating two new sites in Alabama — the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument and the Freedom Riders National Monument — and one in South Carolina — the Reconstruction Era National Monument.

Source: Greenwire [6], 01/13/2017

"Tillerson Hedges on Climate Science but Supports Paris Agreement" [7]

"Rex Tillerson told the Senate panel considering his nomination for secretary of state that he supported the United States remaining in the Paris climate agreement and that he has made his views known to Donald Trump."

Source: InsideClimate News [8], 01/13/2017

"EPA Accuses Fiat Chrysler of Secretly Violating Emissions Standards" [9]

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday accused Fiat Chrysler of installing secret software that allowed more than 100,000 of its diesel vehicles to emit pollutants above legal levels."

Source: NY Times [10], 01/13/2017

"As Asian Luxury Market Grows, A Surge in Tiger Killings in India" [11]

"Poachers killed more tigers in the forests of India in 2016 than any year in the last 15. The spike is linked to demand for tiger parts in China, where the endangered animal’s bones and skins are regarded as exotic luxury items."

Source: YaleE360 [12], 01/12/2017

Alaskan Village, Citing Climate Change, Seeks Disaster Aid To Relocate [13]

"The tiny village of Newtok near Alaska's western coast has been sliding into the Ninglick River for years. As temperatures increase — faster there than in the rest of the U.S. — the frozen permafrost underneath Newtok is thawing. ... Now, in an unprecedented test case, Newtok wants the federal government to declare these mounting impacts of climate change an official disaster."

Source: NPR [14], 01/12/2017

Carbon Storehouse: Scientists Map Vast Peat Swamps in Central Africa [15]

"Scientists have mapped what they say is the largest peatland in the tropics, an area larger than New York State in the Congo Basin in Central Africa."

Source: NY Times [16], 01/12/2017

"Kansas Town Faces Big Bill to Clean Drinking Water" [17]

"In farm country, the cost of nitrate pollution often falls on towns." "Pretty Prairie, home to 650 people on the southern Kansas plains, is a one-well town. And that well is giving the town fits."

Source: Circle of Blue [18], 01/12/2017

"Is The Great California Drought Finally Quitting?" [19]

"The state’s biggest reservoirs are swelling. As of this date, the Sierra Nevada have seen as much snow, sleet, hail and rain as during the wettest years on record. Rainy Los Angeles feels more like London than Southern California. So is the great California drought finally calling it quits?"

Source: LA Times [20], 01/12/2017

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